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Uncommon sense : economic insights, from marriage to terrorism
- Title
- Uncommon sense : economic insights, from marriage to terrorism / Gary S. Becker, Richard A. Posner.
- Author
- Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-2014.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Posner, Richard A.
- Description
- 373 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction to Becker-Posner blog -- Sex and population -- The sexual revolution -- Gay marriage -- Polygamy -- Sex selection -- Immigration reform -- Putin's population plan -- Afterthoughts to part I -- Property rights -- Kelo and eminent domain -- Pharmaceutical patents -- Grokster, file sharing, and contributory infringement -- Orphan drugs, intellectual property, and social welfare -- Organ sales -- Traffic congestion -- Privatizing highways -- Afterthoughts to part II -- Universities -- Plagiarism -- Tenure -- For-profit colleges -- Ranking higher education -- Afterthoughts to part III -- Incentives -- Fat tax -- Trans fats ban -- Libertarian paternalism -- Chicago and big boxes -- Afterthoughts to part IV -- Jobs and employment -- Judicial term limits -- Economics of the revolving door -- CEO compensation -- Income inequality -- Corporate social responsibility -- Afterthoughts to part V -- Environment and disasters -- Tsunami -- Major disasters -- Federalism, economics, and Katrina -- Post-catastrophe price gouging -- Global warming and discount rates -- Efficient water conservation -- Afterthoughts to part VI -- Crime and punishment and terrorism -- Capital punishment -- Doping athletes -- Drunk driving -- Internet gambling -- Preventive war -- Ethnic profiling -- Privatizing security -- Antiterrorism allocations -- Collective punishment -- Afterthoughts to part VII -- The world -- Economic and political freedom -- Size of countries -- Hamas, Palestine, and democracy -- Google in China -- Economics of national culture -- Microfinance and development -- World inequality -- Foreign aid -- Afterthoughts to part VIII.
- Call Number
- JBE 13-35
- ISBN
- 9780226041018 (alk. paper)
- 0226041018 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009009198
- OCLC
- 316327110
- Author
- Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-2014.
- Title
- Uncommon sense : economic insights, from marriage to terrorism / Gary S. Becker, Richard A. Posner.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Added Author
- Posner, Richard A.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 13-35